la

feminine

/ofiˈθi.na/

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Translation

office

Word origin

From Latin officina ('workshop, manufactory'), a contraction of opificina, from opifex ('worker') and the root of facere ('to make').

Genderfeminine

Tomorrow I have an important meeting at the office.

The central office is on the fifth floor of the building.

I prefer working from home to going to the office every day.

They closed the office for building work for a week.

The post office opens at nine.

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Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 10.